Archives for: September 2001, 16

Wow Heidi! I took my first liver flush last night and was amazed at the number of stones that came out - I wasn't sure a gallbladder could hold that many stones, although having looked online at some photos (www.curezone.com/gallstones) I now know that it is possible.

Anyway, thanks for your timely information. The taste of the oil/grapegruit juice was fine compared to the aweful taste of the epsom salts, but it was all worth it. I felt nauseous this morning, but passed 3 stones the size of marbles, and about 100 the size (and color) of peas. I guess I'll need to do another one in a couple of months since it seems that I needed it so much. Ann

Hey, Ann! Great news! and nice results indeed! :-)

I sure can relate on the taste issue. Doing my first flush, I was bowled over by how repellant the taste of Epsom salts was (I expected a "salty" flavor. Whoops -- so wrong!) and that the grapefruit/olive oil mix was so delicious. I expected the exact opposite. The fruit/oil mix inspired me to make a fruit-juice-based salad dressing, in fact. The Epsom salts inspired me to drink them very, very quickly. :-p`` and while I still suggest the addition of pear juice to reduce the *GACK!* factor, I think the improvement is minor. No one will be marketing a yummy Epsom salts drink in our lifetimes, LOL!

Anyway, I'm really pleased with your results, and I'm sure you are as well. The flush is another one of my favorite things: a diagnostic tool that contains its own auto-treatment protocol. If it's something you need, you find that out AND get better at the same time. If you don't need it, nothing much happens beyond a few extra potty breaks -- and, of course, experiencing the unforgettable taste of Epsom salts! ;-D

Thanks a bunch for your feedback, Ann ~ I look forward to more! :-D

News Flash: Eat Wild, Not Captive!

Anybody remember Joachim from the old message boards? He brought to our attention (and reminded us early and often) that farm-raised salmon is a far inferior choice to wild-caught salmon, due to the despicable conditions of their cultivation -- notably the processed junk that commercial fish farmers feed the poor enslaved critters.

I remember an episode of "A Cook's Tour" on the FoodTV network in which Tony Bourdain is the guest of a Scots noblewoman. Because salmon is on the menu, a conversation arises on the virtues of farmed v. wild fishies, in which his hostess remarks: (paraphrase "They're wild beasties, aren't they? Can't imagine them living in cages." Tony notes that farming salmon is not only a repugnant idea, but one whose product is tasteless compared to the wild guys.

Well, here's the first study I've seen showing that not only is the practice one against nature, and not only is farmed salmon of lesser gustatory value, but the one reason people always give for choosing farmed fish -- a lower level of contaminants -- PCBs, etc.) doesn't hold water, to coin a phrase. Turns out they've been feeding them fish meal made from other fish loaded with the very toxins one buys farm-fed to avoid! Read on !

Still, ``this was a beautiful study'' that does raise a concern that needs

more attention, she said. ``The bottom-line message is to continue to eat

fish but consume a variety of different types.''

As for the geographic difference in contaminant levels, ocean pollution

follows a similar pattern. Europe was industrialized before North and then

South America, and presumably each region uses salmon feed made of local

ocean fish.

The study was funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts.

Remember what sixty years of government-subsidized agribusiness have given us? Pesticides in milk, growth hormones in meat, scorpion genes in who-knows-what, antibiotic-resistant microbes everywhere, nutrient-depleted vegetables the norm, the inchoate suffering of the creatures of this Earth for whom WE are responsible, and mass bankruptcy & suicide among traditional farmers. Please work against these pernicious influences in the fishing industry. Our lives and our children's lives hang in the balance.

My "bottom line" remains my personal boycott of "farmed" fish, and my commitment to seek out and reward with my business the conscientious fishmongers who provide clean, fresh, wild fish. They're out there, folks. And they depend absolutely on YOU and where your seafood dollars go. Like the small farmers of the 50's, 60's and 70's, they are vulnerable to the power of 'big business' -- those well-connected cartels and monopolies which depend upon government intervention, favors, subsidies, and other misuses of power for THEIR existence.

You choose. Only your choice can turn back this tide. Please use creativity and choose freedom, for your own health -- and for the vibrant life of the "wild beasties" everywhere. Don't we all, on this Earth, deserve at least that chance to live as our Creator designed us to do?